NZ may be on the cusp of another measles outbreak – what happened in 2019 should be a warning
By Anna Howe, Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology, University of Canterbury
Emma Best, Associate Professor in Paediatrics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Rachel Webb, Senior Lecturer in Paediatrics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Only about 82% of two-year-olds are fully immunised against measles, with two doses of the vaccine. This leaves at least one in five unprotected.
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